5 comments on “Poll: How long does your beer last?”

This is for my IPAs/Pales/DIPAs. My other beers that I brew less frequently (such as sours, porters, stouts, saisons, etc) all last much longer. My schedule has me brewing a hoppy mid range ABV beer every 3 weeks.

It’s a hard question to ask/ answer, but I vary my turn around by style too. In general I try to turn over pales and session beers w/in 2 months, and everything else under 4 months. However I go through spells where I don’t consume as much and get behind. However I’ll have three fresh kegs less than one month as of tonight. I am fixing this by shrinking my batch size. :) #homebrewerproblems

I usually brew small batches but I’d say most of my beers end up hanging around for several months after packaging. I brewed a lot of stuff this year I intentionally wanted to age but there were a few beers like an American wheat that I brewed that I have no idea why I haven’t killed off the last few bottles in the fridge. I prefer to get my beers in the bottle fairly quickly but once they are there I tend not to be a quick drinker.